New Prospects for Medicine (Wolfson College Lectures) - Tapa dura

Physical description; 131 p : ill ; 24 cm. Notes; Contains papers originally presented during a lecture series held at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, in 1987. Includes bibliographies and index. Contents; Modern medicine / Sir Raymond Hoffenberg -- New approaches to the prevention and treatment of cancer / Sir Walter Bodmer -- The new genetics / D.J. Weatherall -- The presumption in favour of life / G.R. Dunstan -- The promise of transplantation / Peter J. Morris -- Information and medical journals / Stephen Lock -- The future of medicine / Lewis Thomas. Summary; This began as a series of lectures given at Wolfson College, Oxford early in 1987, an annual event aimed at encouraging debate. Consideration is given to the problems facing the medical profession today and the prospective solutions . There are discussions on the application of the results of "the new biology" in understanding and managing genetic disease, cancer, and transplantation. Ethical questions about the difficult choices posed by new techniques and strained resources are addressed in the context of the presumption in favour of life. Increased information resources in medicine are examined with specific reference to maximising its benefit. The volume is closed by Lewis Thomas who addresses the implications of all the new skill and knowledge, drawing on recent experience. Subjects; Medicine - Forecasting. Medicine - Research. Technological forecasting. Medical innovations. Medicine - Forecasts. Medicine - Theories. Principles. Medical ethics. MEDICAL / General. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.